Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Yugoslavia at the Olympic Games

Flag of SFR Yugoslavia
IOC code  YUG
NOC Yugoslav Olympic Committee
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 128 in 15 sports
Medals
Rank: 20		 Gold
2		 Silver
1		 Bronze
2		 Total
5
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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*As Independent Olympic Participants
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002
Other related appearances
Serbia Serbia (1912, 2008–)
Croatia Croatia (1992–)
Slovenia Slovenia (1992–)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–)
FYR Macedonia FYR Macedonia (1996–)
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006)
Montenegro Montenegro (2008–)

Athletes from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Josip Čorak — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light-Heavyweight

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Zvonimir Vujin — Boxing, Men's Light-Welterweight
  • Milovan Nenadić — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

[edit] Results by event

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[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Joze Medjimureć
  • Heat — 1:48.1
  • Semifinals — 1:49.0 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Joze Medjimureć
  • Heat — 3:52.1 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Daniel Korica
  • Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Defeated Italy (85-78)
  • Defeated Poland (85-64)
  • Lost to Puerto Rico (74-79)
  • Defeated Philippines (117-76)
  • Defeated West Germany (81-56)
  • Defeated Senegal (73-57)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (67-74)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (66-63)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Puerto Rico (86-70) → Fifth place
  • Team roster:

Dragutin Čermak, Krešimir Ćosić, Miroljub Damjanović, Blagoja Georgievski, Vinko Jelovac, Dragan Kapičić, Žarko Knežević, Milun Marović, Nikola Plećaš, Ljubodrag Simonović, Damir Šolman, Rato Tvrdić, headcoach:

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Svetomir Belić
  • First Round — Defeated Dumar Fall (SEN), 4:1
  • Second Round — Lost to Anthony Richardson (HOL), 2:3

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Radoš Čubrić — 43rd place
  • Jože Valenčić — 51st place
  • Eugen Pleško — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Janež Zakotnik — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Handball

Yugoslavia won the second Olympic handball tournament. In the first round, they defeated all three opponents (Japan, the United States, and Hungary to take first place in the group and join seven other teams in advancing to the second round. There, they defeated both of the other teams they played (West Germany and Romania). First place in the division earned Yugoslavia the chance to appear in the gold medal game, where they defeated Czechoslovakia.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Yugoslavia - Gold medal (6-0)

[edit] Sailing

Finn

  • Fabris Minski — 146.0 (→ 21st place)

Flying Dutchman

Alternate member:: Zoricic, Filip

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Sandro Rudan
  • Heat — 56.91s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Sandro Rudan
  • Heat — 2:05.88 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Canada (12-4)
  • Defeated Romania (8-7)
  • Defeated Mexico (5-3)
  • Defeated Cuba (7-5)
  • Lost to United States (3-5)
  • Final Round (Group I)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (4-5)
  • Drew with Italy (6-6)
  • Lost to Hungary (2-4)
  • Defeated West Germany (5-4) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster

[edit] References